Coeur Mining Inc

XMUN:CDM1

Business Description

Sector

Materials

Industry

Metals & Mining

Headquarters

United States of America US

Employees

2 105

IPO date

Apr 29, 1988

Coeur Mining is a precious metals producer that explores for, develops, and operates silver and gold mines. Its main job is to pull ore out of the ground, process it into metal-bearing products such as concentrate or doré, and move that output into the metals market. The company’s business is built around finding ore bodies, building mines, and running them efficiently over time.

Coeur sells its metal production to refiners, smelters, and other commodity buyers that turn it into finished bullion or industrial metal supply. It makes money mainly by selling silver and gold at market prices, so its results depend on how much metal it can produce and what those metals fetch when sold. Because it is a miner, its costs are tied to geology, mine planning, energy, labor, equipment, and environmental compliance.

What makes Coeur’s business different is that it sits at the very start of the precious-metals supply chain. It does not manufacture jewelry or mint coins; it produces the raw silver and gold that other companies refine and use. That makes it a direct way to participate in the economics of precious metals mining, with its value shaped by mine quality, operating discipline, and exposure to commodity prices.